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Pa. event industry still struggling, urges Gov. Wolf to offer more guidance
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Allie Ranck and Steve Orlando of Fishtown are scheduled to get married in July.
They already postponed their wedding a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was pretty tough. We re high school sweethearts, so we ve been dating for 12 years now, and once we were ready to get married, we wanted to get married right away, said Ranck. We never wanted a long engagement.
But now they say they re stuck in limbo. In Pennsylvania, indoor events are limited to 15% capacity, and attendees need to stay six feet apart. But in Philadelphia, where their venue is located, indoor catered events are currently prohibited, with no end in sight.
Mar 11, 2021
The Pennsylvania Department of Health added 2594 new cases of coronavirus Wednesday, pushing the state s overall total to 955,730. 43 new coronavirus-related deaths were also reported Wednesday, leaving the state with 24,439 since the pandemic began.
While Pennsylvania has now administered 3.1-million coronavirus vaccinations, Gov. Tom Wolf says there are still plenty of issues to iron out. One of the challenges, because the demand is higher than the supply, is the issue of making sure we re doing this fairly, Wolf says. Officials say vaccination providers are asking for 420,000 doses, but the commonwealth only has about 254,000 to go around.
Event planning, catering and lodging groups are calling on Gov. Tom Wolf to increase capacity for private events and weddings to 50-percent. The Private Event Professionals of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association and the local chapter of the National Association for Catering and Events all joi
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The pandemic crashed the party for caterers, who even more than restaurants are struggling to adapt
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1of3Betsy Hebron-Marks, owner of A Touch of Class Caterers, in the kitchen she has not used since March in Capitol Heights, Md., on Jan. 12, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Deb LindseyShow MoreShow Less
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